Gospel Library provides a comprehensive collection of Church material on your mobile device, including scriptures, conference addresses, magazines, manuals, and even videos. Recently the Gospel Library app for iOS has been updated with three new features:

Improved media playback options

Study Notebook integration

LDS Music integration

Improved Media Playback Options

You can now listen to audio narrations for English scriptures, general conference addresses, magazines, and some lesson material. You can also watch videos of general conference addresses and other material. When you’re viewing content with media playback options, a play button appears enabled in the lower-right corner of the app.

When you click the Play button for conference addresses, you’re prompted with either video or audio media options.

If you play the audio, the play button changes states to indicate the audio is playing. If you choose the video option, the video stream plays.

Overall, the media playback gives you more options to consume the content, rather than just reading.

Note that the inclusion of audio and video with Gospel Library requires the presence of media links in the content.These media links were not included in previous content downloads, so to play the audio or video, you must either delete and re-install the library content (a somewhat tedious process), or you must delete and re-install the Gospel Library app (the preferred method).

Before you delete the app, make sure any notes you added have been synchronized with your LDS Account (otherwise they will be lost when you delete the app).

To delete and re-install the Gospel Library app:

Start Gospel Library.

Back up any notes by going to Settings > Account Settings. Click Sync Now. Wait until the Pending Changes number becomes zero.

Tap the iPhone’s Home button to exit the app.

Tap and hold the Gospel Library app icon until the icon wiggles and shows an X.

Tap the X.

Press the iPhone’s Home button to return to the normal mode.

Open to the App Store and search for LDS Gospel Library.

Install the app. Then start it.

Tap Manage Library.

Tap the content you want to download.

Tap the green download arrow to download the content.

When you re-download the latest content to the Library, the new content will contain media links to play audio and video. (Note that the audio or video itself does not download locally but rather streams from a Church server; you must have either WiFi or a cellular connection to play the media).

Study Notebook Integration

My Study Notebook is now accessible from within the iOS Gospel Library app. Previously, notes synchronized between the two apps, but now you can access My Study Notebook directly within the Gospel Library interface, rather than just from LDS.org. A Notebook button appears in the upper-left corner of the Gospel Library app home screen.

This Notebook view shows you content from My Study Notebook. These items include the following:

Marks: Passages you highlighted.

Notes: Passages you annotated.

Tags: Passages you have tagged.

Links: Passages you have linked.

Documents: Documents help you collect and organize your notes for talks, lessons, and topical study.

Probably the most common features are tags and documents. When you tag passages with a keyword, such as millennium, all passages with that same tag appear in a list.

You can add passages to a document by tapping and holding a verse, and then tapping Send.

LDS Music Integration

The iOS Gospel Library app also integrates with LDS Music. When you view a song from the Hymnbook or Children’s Songbook, a link labeled Open in LDS Music link appears at the top of the screen. When you click the link, the song opens in LDS Music. LDS Music shows sheet music and plays audio.

In the image above, the left screen is from Gospel Library. When you click Open in LDS Music, the hymn opens in LDS Music. When you finish the song, the Return to Gospel Library link takes you back to Gospel Library.

Note that if you don’t have LDS Music installed, when you click Open in LDS Music, you will be invited to install it.

Roadmap

Currently these new features are only available for the iOS version of Gospel Library. Eventually the features will be available for the other platforms as well.

Comments

The next update of Gospel Library for Android should be available within a couple of weeks and it will include integration with the study notebook on LDS.org. You will be able to sync highlights, notes and bookmarks with lds.org. Other features will become available in future releases.

The next release of Gospel Library for Android will not have Study Notebook in it similar to the iOS version here. What Jason is referring to is we will sync our annotation from the Android device to LDS.org where you will be able to use the Study Notebook. Our plans are currently to have another release in about three-five months that does have Study Notebook in it.

since I downloaded the update, my 3g running on 4.2.1 no longer works -- it displays all the characters in a given verse (or sentence in the manuals or conference talks) on one line, leaving an empty space where the content ought to be displayed.

Hi I am struggling to get the audio playback for the scriptures and to get the Audi playback for the lds music to work. Do I have to download it all again or am I just missing something silly. I have the latest version of each downloaded. Thanks

Hi I am struggling to get the audio playback for the scriptures and to get the Audi playback for the lds music to work. Do I have to download it all again or am I just missing something silly. I have the latest version of each downloaded. Thanks

I observed the same problem and then realized that, for some reason, the title page of the Book of Mormon doesn't play back. If you're starting there, try 1st Nephi Chapter 1 (or another chapter) and see if that works for you.

I was able to download the update that fixed the text problem on my Touch device, but now I can't add any content larger than 1 MB (i.e. Old Testament, Topical Guide, etc.). Items under 1 MB load fine, but anything over that causes the program to crash before it is successfully added to the Library.

What is the possiblity of adding larger font sizes? I recently purchased a 10" tablet to allow my wife, who is losing her sight, to read the scriptures and such. I works well, but a larger font size would almost make it purfect!

My daughter has Dyslexia (a reading disorder)and hi-lighting the text along with audio playback(multi-sensory)is very important and would help fill a gap for anyone with a reading disorder. Please add this the feature request.

Is there a quick way to navigate between the scriptures and the documents I am writing, by the time I back out of the scriptures and get to the document I can't remember the scripture I was quoting.

Which device are you using? I don't know about Android tablets, but there are some shortcuts on the iPad to switch between apps REALLY fast. To enable this feature on the iPad go to Settings -> General -> Multitasking Gestures.

Once you've switched that to "ON" you can swipe up on the screen with 4 fingers to show the multitasking bar. Or you can simply swipe to the left or right with 4 fingers to move between apps. It's great!

Can someone tell me when they are going to fix the sync feature between devices. My IPhone 4 syncs fine with LDS.org but my iPad 2 doesn't sync an highlights at all. Also the playback works on my ipad 2 but doesnt work on my iPhone?

Can someone tell me when they are going to fix the sync feature between devices. My IPhone 4 syncs fine with LDS.org but my iPad 2 doesn't sync an highlights at all. Also the playback works on my ipad 2 but doesnt work on my iPhone?

Sync between devices and the web should be working. It sounds like you have out of date content on the iPhone. If you turn on annotation sync to back up then delete your scripture content then download again through manage library you'll see a play button.

I am loving the new update. I would also love to be able to cut and paste info from other apps (dictionary.com for instance) into the notes section of my study notebook. Maybe I'm supposed to be able to, but I can't...

For some unknown reason, sometimes I can use the audio play feature within the scriptures, and then other times it just grays out. I've already reinstalled this two times to try and bring it back. Is there another way?

First make sure you are connected to a network. Audio files are downloaded upon play. If that doesn't work then go into Settings on Gospel Library, scroll down to the bottom and tap Support, then send an 'Request Help' email to the iPad support team. Report this issue there. I hope this helps.

On the notebook feature. I cannot figure out how to just look at one notebook. I'm trying to use this to put together my lessons for Gospel Doctrine. Without the ability to pull up just the notebook for that particular lesson it's a problem. Right now I see Notebook, All, and then all the items in the entire notebook. Not the subbook. Thanks!

I'm wondering why I can highlight some things but not others in the Gospel Doctrine Teacher's Manual for the Book of Mormon manual. It seems that I can highlight the paragraphs that say things like "discuss such and such a chapter and encourage discussion, etc", but not the actual meat of the lesson. I've found highlighting lesson manuals in other apps to be a very quick and easy way to prepare a lesson. Is there a better mechanism in the app to prepare a lesson? I know I can paste content into a notebook which seems ok, but there is no highlighting of notebook content. I use difference color highlighting to indicate things I plan to do or read, versus things I want the students to read, and areas to expand upon if there is time but which can be left out if short on time, etc.

Are there plans to allow highlighting within all areas of the manuals or highlighting within the notebooks?

Are there plans to allow highlighting within all areas of the manuals or highlighting within the notebooks?

The short answer is yes. The long answer involves a lengthy explanation that details how we don't have identifiers on much of the content and in order to add these identifiers we have to have a method in place that will convert from old to new identifiers so we do not lose any or your annotations (highlights, etc). Not sure when this will be completed but we are praying it will be in 2013.

I a unable to open the gospel library on my new samsung galaxie s 3 at all. It tries to start them says it is updating then gives the message it has stopped working. Any ideas?

This is unusual but could be caused by a corrupt database. To fix this uninstall the application and then delete the gospel-library folder on the sdcard using a tool like Astro File Manager. Open Astro File Manager and select 'My Files', then select folders. Scroll down until you see gospel-library. Long press this until the option to delete appears. Then reinstall the application. Unfortunately you will have to download the content again and log in for sync as well. Sorry for the problem this has caused you!

I a unable to open the gospel library on my new samsung galaxie s 3 at all. It tries to start them says it is updating then gives the message it has stopped working. Any ideas?

This is unusual but could be caused by a corrupt database. To fix this uninstall the application and then delete the gospel-library folder on the sdcard using a tool like Astro File Manager. Open Astro File Manager and select 'My Files', then select folders. Scroll down until you see gospel-library. Long press this until the option to delete appears. Then reinstall the application. Unfortunately you will have to download the content again and log in for sync as well. Sorry for the problem this has caused you!

Is there a plan to include the Come Follow Me curriculum as part of the Gospel Library?

Absolutely! It is just taking us longer than expected because with how rich the content is with inline videos, mp3's, and pdf's we wanted to make sure we could support it all. We should have January's curriculum available before January, but it may require an application update for you to make full use of it. Then you will see the following months trickle in.

There was a question asked about Chinese content, but I didn't see an answer. Are there plans to offer Mandarin Chinese (traditional characters)?

Right now there are two things blocking us from releasing Mandarin Chinese on Android and iOS. One is that I don't have content in a format I can push out. The second is that neither Android or iOS support the Mandarin character set by default. So we are still investigating the best way to support Mandarin when it is in a format we can push out. This is at least several months out in priority for us. Sorry about any inconvenience this may cause.

Why won't the items that I download from the manage page show any text from the items/books that have been downloaded? I've tried reinstalling the app even, but when I download a book I go to the home screen, tap on the book icon but the page comes up blank and my iPod usually crashes. Would having the newest version of the iPod software cause any problems? I resently updated my iPod and since then the gospel library hasn't been working. Any ideas?

Why won't the items that I download from the manage page show any text from the items/books that have been downloaded? I've tried reinstalling the app even, but when I download a book I go to the home screen, tap on the book icon but the page comes up blank and my iPod usually crashes. Would having the newest version of the iPod software cause any problems? I resently updated my iPod and since then the gospel library hasn't been working. Any ideas?

Work with the iOS team on this one. Their support email address is ios-support@ldsmail.net.

Manage Library shows blank screen. To get around this, I click the multi-screen icon, then tap on the current window again. Then, I find the item I want (Manuals > Teachings of the Presidents > Lorenzo Snow) and click to download. This results in the app closing regardless of whether I chose the single item or "Download all".

When the scriptures app (along with all other apps and ipad data) is backed up with a standard backup via iTunes- are the markings/annotations/notes, etc. preserved and restorable via itunes or otherwise? I just updated my mom's ipad 2 earlier to IOS 6 and it has been insane (6 hours + working on it now). Help??

When the scriptures app (along with all other apps and ipad data) is backed up with a standard backup via iTunes- are the markings/annotations/notes, etc. preserved and restorable via itunes or otherwise? I just updated my mom's ipad 2 earlier to IOS 6 and it has been insane (6 hours + working on it now). Help??

Everything was worked out with her ipad and she is good to go. Thanks!

I am not able to find the "Come follow me" curriculum for February and following months. I was able to pull up January under Youth: Come, Follow Me, Sunday School. Is there another place I should look?

I am not able to find the "Come follow me" curriculum for February and following months. I was able to pull up January under Youth: Come, Follow Me, Sunday School. Is there another place I should look?

What platform (iOS, or Android)? I am able to load the content on either just fine.

I am using the Android app and when I tried to download the latest magazines, no magazines are available for 2013 yet. Will this be fixed soon?

Make sure you have the latest Gospel Library app (version 2.4.1) and network connectivity then tap on the Refresh button (two arrows in a circle pattern) in the menu when at the home page. Select 'Refresh Catalog' then look in the magazines folder again. All available magazines for 2013 should be listed. March should even be added sometime this week. ;-)

I love the gospel library app! I use it all the time for teaching the Young Women in my ward. I've been trying to put the finishing touches to my lesson for tomorrow and three times my iPad screen went blank when I was trying to download Ensign articles. I cannot do anything to get rid of the black screen except to uninstall the app and reinstall it again. (This is how it happens: I have minimized the first window and added a second or third so I don't lose my place on the lesson I was working on. Then I try to download the Ensign article, and the screen goes black.) Any suggestions?

I deleted and re-installed the application today, hoping that I could have the videos as explained in the Improved Playback Media Options section above but in Manage library, the video section is still empty.Any idea about the reason?

I deleted and re-installed the application today, hoping that I could have the videos as explained in the Improved Playback Media Options section above but in Manage library, the video section is still empty.Any idea about the reason?

I have the Nook HD and the google play store was added and I installed the gospel library on it and it Won't open,says the catalog is not up to date? When I called tech support for the Nook he tried it on a nook hehad and same thing happened. Do you know about this and when will it be fixed? Thank you

I have the Nook HD and the google play store was added and I installed the gospel library on it and it Won't open,says the catalog is not up to date? When I called tech support for the Nook he tried it on a nook hehad and same thing happened. Do you know about this and when will it be fixed? Thank you

We are sorry about this. There is a new version that should be available within a week or two that fixes this issue.

Could you please add the ability, when searching a key-word, to see all of the scriptures containing the word in order (Genesis, exodus, etc.). I like to do in-depth study, but the current search only lists a very few scriptures which are listed by category, whatever that means. I end up using a separate Bible app, but that doesn't help with the rest of the LDS cannon. Thank you for all of your efforts.

I would love to be able to have a favorites folder kind of like the book mark in this app. i have many articles that i have read that i would like to remember but not have a book mark for each one. if there were a little star to favorite an article or chapter or talk. i know it would be a great addition or everyone. both online studying and for the application.

Any update on when traditional and/or simplified chinese versions of the Old and New Testaments will be available? We were attending Gospel Doctrine class in Taipei 2 weeks ago and I was surprised to see that there was no Chinese translation of the Old Testament available in the Android app.

Are there any plans to update the Windows 8.1 Phone version of LDS Gospel Library? The magazines, conference, and other items have not received an update since September 2013.

Unfortunately we lost some of the key players for the content for Windows 8 to another company. There are a few volunteers working on it, hopefully there will be content soon. I am not sure if there are any plans to update the application itself.

installed Gospel LIbary 3 on my iPad running iOS 7.0.4 but app would only open title page. So I deleted app and tried reinstalling. Now I can't see app on iPad device even though it says it's there in my settings and when I try to reinstall from apple app (says it's open). How do I fix this?

Since the new update on the Gospel Library through Google Play the program gets hung up daily causing me to have to shut down and reboot every time I read the scriptures. Most frustrating. How does one get back to the previous version, which was much easier to navigate and use? Sometimes less is more, especially when you want to study scriptures efficiently.

A team of volunteers is working on a complete rewrite of the existing version of Gospel Library for Windows and Windows Phone and we hope to see it in the near future. It is a large effort and will require some time. Please pray for their success as they work to bring this new edition forward.

The audio is accessed from the Related content area and should be there. Try force quitting the app not just putting it in the background. To force quit the app in iOS7, double tap the home button. Scroll the apps left or right until Gospel Library appears. Swipe the page up from the bottom until it disappears to force quit the app. Tap the home button again to return to the home page and then start Gospel Library.

I have an issue where when listening to the audio of the scriptures and the phone goes back into lock (you have to enter pass code) the content will no longer move to the next chapter in the scripture until i log back into the phone. Is there a setting some place to fix this. It used to work fine.

I would love to be able to add notes to chapter headings but can't. Will that be remedied? Also, as I study with my notes open on the side panel, I would love my note to be visible as I read the verse it is linked to. Right now, I have to make sure the footnote reference before my note is visible. If not, my note is bypassed for the next footnote and I have to manually scroll back to read my note. Would love to see user note given same priority as footnotes.Thanks!

I have attempted to sync my iPad with my study notebook. There are over 2,000 notes so apparently I have not had the sync option ticked! As far as I can see, nothing is happening as the number remains the same. I have enabled the sync button.

There is not a MacOS version of Gospel Library at this time. This article is about the iOS version which works on iPhone/iPad/iPod devices.Bookmarks and such sync with the web site version here:https://www.lds.org/study-tools

Once a video is downloaded in the gospel library app, is there a way to remove it? There is only so much storafe space on mobile devices and i cant seem to find a way to remove videos i have downloaded to make room for new ones.

Also, is there any chance of chromecast functionality being added to the app?